Youxia Electric Tesla Clone From China: So Bad It Makes Us Laugh

By Stephen Edelstein 792 views Jul 29, 2015 Reddit This! Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Chinese carmakers have acquired a reputation for making blatantly obvious copies of existing designs from other countries. The results are usually worth a few chuckles--provided you don't work for the car company whose vehicle has been plagiarized. Now, it seems the Tesla Model S is the latest victim of that trend. DON'T MISS: China's Tesla-Beater (Or Not): Aoxin Ibis Electric Full-Size Sedan Witness the Youxia X, an electric car that debuted this past weekend, according to Car News China (via Motor Authority ). As if the patently copied Tesla styling isn't bad enough, it turns out this car is channeling a bit of KITT--the talking Pontiac Trans Am from the television show Knight Rider . It's hard to say who will be more unhappy about this: Tesla, or the owner of the copyright for th...